Verdicts and Settlements

  • $4.2 million jury verdict, Donna Pope v. Brinks Home Security, Employee wrongfully terminated for blowing the whistle on illegal conduct by employee, (2009).
  • Largest settlement in history of Michigan for a jailed/suicide by hanging, Detroit Free Press, (2008),
    $1.8 million settlement, wrongful death.
  • Tenth Largest settlement in Michigan (2007); Michigan Lawyers Weekly, Murry v. City of Detroit,
    $1.5 million settlement, bus accident death case.
  • LaToya Brown v. Ottawa Hills,Ohio, Police misconduct case featured on Court Television, Video Justice, (2007)
  • Largest verdict in the County for a dog bite, Michigan Lawyers Weekly, Jury Verdict, $750,000 (2003)
  • Vincent Ingram v. McDonalds Corp., Highlighted in New York's Bloomberg Market Magazine, October (2001).
  • Public Duty Doctrine defeated for the first time in the United States, Echols v. City of Detroit, Michigan Lawyer's Weekly, April, (2001)
  • $3 million settlement in death case - Mother dies after her vehicle hits a pothole
  • $750,000 settlement in an auto accident case - Woman injured in an auto accident when car was struck by police car in parking lot
  • $4.5 million verdict in police misconduct case - Police expose family to danger with criminal suspects
  • $1.6 million jury verdict - Woman has voice stolen and sold on CD nationwide